Triple
T10999380
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Canadian Astronaut Corps |
E259965
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Thirsk
Robert Thirsk is a Canadian engineer, physician, and former astronaut who flew on both the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, becoming one of Canada’s most prominent spacefarers.
|
E898874
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Robert Thirsk | Statement: [Canadian Astronaut Corps, hasMember, Robert Thirsk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Thirsk Context triple: [Canadian Astronaut Corps, hasMember, Robert Thirsk]
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A.
T. H. W. Bagshawe
T. H. W. Bagshawe was a British polar explorer and scientist known for his early 20th-century Antarctic research and participation in major expeditions.
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B.
Edward Milford
Edward Milford was a senior Australian Army officer and World War II commander who played a key leadership role in the Pacific theatre.
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C.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
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D.
Martin Moscrop
Martin Moscrop is an English musician best known as the guitarist and trumpeter for the influential post-punk and funk band A Certain Ratio.
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E.
Philip Skene
Philip Skene was a British officer and Loyalist landowner in colonial New York who played a notable role in the northern theater of the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Robert Thirsk Triple: [Canadian Astronaut Corps, hasMember, Robert Thirsk]
Generated description
Robert Thirsk is a Canadian engineer, physician, and former astronaut who flew on both the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, becoming one of Canada’s most prominent spacefarers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Thirsk Target entity description: Robert Thirsk is a Canadian engineer, physician, and former astronaut who flew on both the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, becoming one of Canada’s most prominent spacefarers.
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A.
T. H. W. Bagshawe
T. H. W. Bagshawe was a British polar explorer and scientist known for his early 20th-century Antarctic research and participation in major expeditions.
-
B.
Edward Milford
Edward Milford was a senior Australian Army officer and World War II commander who played a key leadership role in the Pacific theatre.
-
C.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
-
D.
Martin Moscrop
Martin Moscrop is an English musician best known as the guitarist and trumpeter for the influential post-punk and funk band A Certain Ratio.
-
E.
Philip Skene
Philip Skene was a British officer and Loyalist landowner in colonial New York who played a notable role in the northern theater of the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d6aa8a6a548190a750f944ccdc8064 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d796d5457c819096630246fa5f7076 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e34530ada081909dc58ff0261e93e7 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e35570b0bc8190a939b0c8e3ce8105 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e359508a388190a16d48a17015e13e |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.